Atlas Sound Celebrates Halloween

I make no qualms about not being able to get into Deerhunter. I just don’t get what’s appealing about them to be honest, but for some reason Bradford Cox’s (Deerhunter frontman) solo side-project Atlas Sound totally appeals to me. Bradford has released some free of charge mp3’s for you in time for Halloween, and they’re spectacular.

Think more Danny Elfman or eve Jon Brion does Halloween then say, Cradle of Filth, but I like that. They’re what I think can best be described as circus music; samples of heavily reverbed laughter waft in and out of the stereo image, while glockenspiels tinker playfully, yet sinisterly in the foreground. It’s the kind of thing I’d imagine sounds even better when one is under the influence of narcotics, but since I choose not to engage in such activities you’ll have to decide for yourself.

[mp3] Atlas Sound – Danse Macabre
[mp3] Atlas Sound – Danse Infernale